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V FZQEHQAA MUCH m A IN VENTOR U'MOQMM 5 P A TORNEY Patented Oct. 28,1930 UNITED STATES I FRIEDMAN BROWN, 01 CHESTNUT HILL, PENNSYLVANIA CARDGAME application am April is,

This invention relates .to im rovements in card games and has for its obect the provision of a pack or deck of cards the several cards of whichhave indicia thereon re rescnting currency values, stock values aninstructions relating to the currency and the stock whereby a game maybe played in simulation of actual transactions on a stock exchange inwhich the players attempt to gain the greatest values and in which theplayer who has the greatest values at the end of the game wins.

The invention consists of the elements and the combinations of themhereinafter de- 1 scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention,

Figure 1 is a front view of a set of ourrency cards, showing the fullface of the 2 front card of the set and edge portions 0 the remainingcards of the set rearwardly of the front card. 1

Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 are sets of currency cards similar to the setshown in Fig. 1, ex-

cepting that they have indicia thereon representing currency valuesdifferent from each other and different from the set shown in Figure 6is a front view of a set of stock 80 cards, showing the full face ofthefront card of the set and edge portions of the remainingdcards of theset rearwardly of the front car Figures 7 8 and 9 are sets-of stockcards similar to the set shown in Fig. 6, excepting that they haveindicia thereon representing stock andthe value thereof in organizationsin fields'of enterprise different from each other and different from theset shown in 40 Fig. 6.

front'view of a stock divie dicia on the face of each currency card of fthereof is $2,220.

sents the currency value 1989. Serial N0. 855,585.

- 2, 3, 4 and 5, represents the currency values of $5, $10, $20, $50,and $100, res ectively, as illustrated in the drawings, and the ineachset thereof is like the indicia on the face of the remaining cards ofthe same set. The total currency value represented by the indicia on allthe currency cards of all the sets 7 0 Each set of'stock cards, shown inFigs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 contains seven cards, and the cards of the severalsets have indicia thereon representing stock in organizations in fieldsof enterprise together with the currency values of such stock. The stockin the organization in the field of enterprise and the currency valuethereof represented by the indicia of each stock card of each setthereof is like the stock and the currency value thereof re resented bythe indicia of the remaining cards of the same set and different fromthe stock and the currency value thereof represented by the indicia ofthe other sets of stock cards. The indicia on the four sets of stockcards shown in Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 re resents stock in organizations inthe fields o enterprise of oil, mining, industrial and railroad,respectively, and the indicia on the four sets of stock cards, shown inFigs. 6 7, 8 and 9, reprefor the stock thereof of $10, $25, $50 and$100, res ectivel as illustrated in the drawings an the in min. on theface of each stock card of each set thereof is like the indicia on theface of the remaining stock cards of the same set. The total currencyvalue represented by the indicia on all the stock cards of all he setsthereof is $1,295. The set of sell order cards contains seven cards,each of which has indicia thereon 100 representing a sell order, asshown in Fig. 10, and the indlcia on each card of the set of sell ordercards is like the indicia on the remainin cards of the set.

There is but one stock dividend card, as shown in Fig. 11, and it hasindicia thereon representing a stock dividend, as illustrated; and thereis but one stock allotment card, as shown on Fig. 12, and it has indiciathereon re resenting a stock allotment, as illustrated.

or the proper playing of the game, as hereinafter described, the totalcurrency value represented by the indicia on all the currency cards ofall the sets thereof should be between one and one-half times the totalcurrency value represented by the indicia on all the stock cards of allthe sets thereof and double such total value of the stock cards.

The game is played with the cards above described by six players,although the number of cards may be reduced, as will be hereinafterexplained, so that the game may be played by five players or by fourplayers.

The ob'ect of the players is to acquire by open bid ing the greatestamount of stock or the greatest face value in stock certificate cardsfor the least amount of currency value.

The currency cards are used by the players as currency in purchasing thestock cards which stand for certificates of stock of the value indicatedthereon, and in the rules for playing the game, hereinafter set forth,the currency cards will be referred to as currency and the stock cardswill be referred to as stock certificate cards.

At the beginning of the game the twentyeight stock cards shown in Figs.6, 7, 8 and 9, the seven sell order cards shown in Fig. 10, and thestock dividend card shown in Fig. 11, and the stock allotment card shownin Fig. 12 are placed in one deck which is known as the board deck, andthe sixty currency cards shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are placed inone deck which is known as the buyers deck.

The rules for playing the game are as follows:

A player shufiles the buyers deck and deals all the cards thereof one byone from left to right to all the players. At the same time the playerto the right of the dealer of the buyers deck shufiles the cards of theboard deck and places it face down in the center of the table.

The dealer opens the game by turnin up the top card of the board deckand i the turned up card is not a stock certificate card the players tothe dealers left successively turn up single cards at the top of theboard deck until a stock certificate card appears.

Upon turning u of a stock certificate card at the top of the oard deckthe player who turns it up has the first privilege of bidding for it inany amount which must not exceed double the par or other value shown bythe indicia on the face thereof and if the first bidder does not bid anamount double the face value of the card the bidding proceeds to theleft of the player who turned up the stock certificate card by allplayers successively who wish to bid until no pla er is willing to bid agreater amount than t e amount of the highest bid or until a player hasbid an amount equal to double the face value of the card, whereupon thesuccessful bidder takes the card and places it face up upon the table infront of him and pays for it by one or more cards from his currencycards whose face value exactly equals the amount of his bid, and thecurrency cards paid for the stock card are placed upon the tableadjacent to the board deck thereon.

The next player to the left of the successful bidder for the first stockcertificate card turned'up from the board deck now continues the gameby) turning up the next card at the top of the oard deck and the pla ingproceeds the same as it did when t e dealer turned up the first card onthe board deck, and so on until all the cards of the board deck havebeen turned up and acted upon excepting that the playing and the acuisition of the stock certificate cards by the p a ers is modified bythe players turning u the sell order cards, the stock dividend car andthe stock allotment card in the board deck as will be presentlyexplained.

When all the cards of the board deck have been turned up and acted uponthe players have completed what I term a session, and the game proceedsby repeating the sessions until four sessions have been completed.

At the completion of the first session one of the players assumes theduty of score keepe placlng the names of the several players on asuitable card or piece of pa er and enters the credits and debits of thepliiyers adjacent to their respective names. The face values of thestock certificate cards held by each player at the'completion of eachsession are totaled and entered adjacent to his name as a credit, andthe face values of the currency cards held by each player at thecompletion of each session are totaled and entered adjacent to his nameas a debit. The final score is reached at the end of the fourth sessionby totaling each players credits and debits and then subtracting thetotal of the debits from the total of the credits, and the player havingthe highest final score wins the game.

I shall now describe the functions of the sell order cards, the stockallotment card and the stock dividend card and what takes place (ivhil'lthey are turned up from the board When a player turns up a sell ordercard from the board deck he is obli ed to sell the last stockcertificate card urc ased by him if he has one and the bid ing for suchcard is started by the bidder to the left of the player who turned upthe sell order card and the bidding for the stock certificate card andthe sale thereof proceeds the same as the bidding for and sale of thestock certificate cards turned up from the board deck excepting thatwhen'a player purchases a stock certificate card from a player he payscurrency cards for it to the player from whom he purchased it instead oflacing the currency cards upon the table adJacent to the board deck. Ifa player has no stock certificate card when he turns up a sell ordercard from the board deck he places the sell order card face up upon thetable in front of him and as a result thereof he is obliged to sell tothe hi hest bidder the next stock certificate card w ich he pur-'chases, immediately after the purchase thereof, the bidding thereforbeing started by the player to the left of the player selling the card;and after the card has been sold the seller thereof places thepreviously acquired causing 1ts sale adjacent to sell order car theboard deck and the player to the left of the last purchaser turns up thenext card on the board deck and the playing proceeds as before.

When a player turns up the stock allotment card from the board deck, heturns up the next card beneath it and if the second card turned up bythe player is a stock certificate card he purchases it at its face orpar value and laces it face u upon the table in front of h1m and ays or1t from his currency cards which e places adjacent to the board deck. Ifthe card turned up from the board deck following the stock allotmentcard is a sell order card or the stock dividend card the player turningup the stock allotment card gams nothing thereby, and the playingproceeds as though the player had turned up a sell order card or thestock dividend'card instead of the stock allotment card.

When a player turns up the stock dividend card from the board deck, heturns up the next card beneath it and if the second card turned up bythe player is a stock card he takes it without paying anything for itand laces it face up upon the table in front 0 him. If the card turnedup from the board deck next following the stock dividend card is a sellorder card or the stock allotment card the player turning u the stockdividend card gains nothing thereby and the playin proceeds as thoughthe player had turne up a sell order card or the stock allotment cardinstead of the stock dividend card.

During each session of the game following the first session each playermay use the amount of the debit placed against his name in the score thesame as though he held a similar amount in currency cards only whenpurchasing a stock certificate card from the board deck and only whenhis bid for such stock certificate card is exactly equal to the amountof the debit or to the amount of the debit plus the total face value ofall the currency cards held by h1m.

All bids for stock certificate cards must be made by the players'withinsuch amounts as can be made up or represented b the currency cards andcombinations of t em.

If a players currency cards become exhaust-ed during a session heautomatically retires from the bidding.

The acquisition by a player of all the stock certificate cards of oneset constitutes a corner and triples the value thereof in the playersscore.

The acquisition by a player of a minimum of five stock certificate cardsof one set constitutes a control and doubles the value thereof in thelayers score.

When ve players desire to lay the game remove two currency cards romeach set thereof, one stock card from each set thereof and one sellorder card and play with the remaining cards, and have four stockcertificate cards constitute a control instead of five of such cards.

When four players'desire to lay the ame remove four currency cards fi'omeac set thereof, two stock cards from each set thereof and two sellorder cards and lay with the remaining cards and have the ve stockcertificate cards constitute a control instead of five of such cards asin the case of six players.

I claim as my invention:

1. A deck of cards comprisinga plurality of currency cards havingindicia thereon representin currency values, the indicia of certain cars representin values different from the values represente by the indiciaof the other cards, a plurality of stock cards having indicia thereon reresenting stock in organizations in fields o enterprlse and representingcurrency values for such stock, the indicia of certain stock cardsrepresentin values different from the values represente by the indiciaof the other stock cards, and

a plurality of cards having indicia thereon representing sell orders.

2. A deck of cards comprising a plurality of currency cards havingindicia thereon representin currency values, the indicia of certain cars representin values different from the values represente by the indiciaof the other cards, a plurality of stock cards having indicia thereon reresenting stock in organitain car s representin values diiferent fromthe values represente by the indicia of the other cards, a plurality ofstock cards having indicia thereon representing stock in organizationsin fields of enterprise and re resenting currency values for such stock,t e indicia of certain stock cards representin values different from thevalues represented b the indicia of the other stock cards, a pluralityof cards having indicia thereon representing sell orders, a card havingindicla thereon representing a stock dividend, and a 7 card havingindicia thereon stock allotment.

4. A deck of cards comprisin a plurality of currency cards having in1cia thereon representing currency values, the indicia of certain car srepresenting values different from the values represented by the indiciaof the other cards, a plurality of stock cards having indicia thereonrepresentin stock in organizations in fields of enterprise andrepresenting currency values for such stock, and a plum ity of cardshaving indicia thereon representing sell orders, the total currencyvalue represented by the indicia on all the currency cards being betweenone and onehalf times the total currency value represented by theindicia on all the stock cards and double such total value of the stockcards.

representing a 5. A deck of cards comprising a plurality of currencycards having indi'cia thereon representin currency values, the indiciaof certain car s representin values difierent from the values representeb the indicia of the other cards, a plurality 0 stock cards, havingindicia thereon re resenting stock in organizations in fields 0?enterprise and representing currency values f0lsuch stock, the indiciaof certain stock cards representing values different from the valuesrepresented by the indicia of the other stock cards, and a plurality ofcards havin indicia thereon representing sell orders t e total currencyvalue represented by the indicia on all the currency cards being betweenone and one-half times the total currency value represented by theindicia on all the stock cards and double such total value of the stockcards.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FRIEDMAN BROWN.

